Display-stand.



No. 781,633. PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905; W. H. GONNER & J. R. DAVIS.

DISPLAY STAND.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.27,1904.

Httomess Inventors Patented February '7, 1905.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lYlLLlAh'l H. GONNER AND JOHN R. DAVIS, OF OELINA, OHlO', SAID DAVISASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO CLARENCE E.

MARSH, OF CELINA, OHIO.

DISPLAY-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,633, dated February'7, 1905.

Application filed October 2'7. 1904. Serial No. 230.241.

In (1.77 wit/1m, it many rro'itcm'rt:

Be it known that we, \VILLIAM H. CONNER and .loiix R. DAVIS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Celina, in the county of Mercer and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful Display-Stand, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to display-stands for certain kindsof merchandisesuch as cheese, honey, fruits, and the like which require protectionfrom flies and other insects and vermin,

dust, and 1noisturc,and has for its object to provide asimply-constructed and convenient device of this character wherein thematerial or products will be effectually protected while at the sametime readily accessible when sales are to be made and the operatingmechanism likewise concealed and protected.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding' parts are denoted by like designatingcharacters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of theinvention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, itbeing understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto,as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage ofthe parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of theinvention or sacril'icing any of its advantages.

in the drawing thus employed the figure is a sectional elevation of theimproved device.

The improved device consists of a standard 10,preferably of hollow metaland with a laterally extended base 11 to provide the requisitestability. Attached to the upper end of the standard is a table orplatform 12, and resting upon the platform is a cover member 13,preferably of glass or similar transparent material. A supplementarytable or platform 11 may be provided, rotative upon the platform 12, asby center stud 15, if required.

Attached to standard is a tubular arm 16,having a lateral extension 17over the cover member 13 and preferably provided with spacedguide-sheaves 18, 19, and 20 in alinement with another guide-sheaveZLsupported, as at 22, within the standard 10, with a cord 28 runningover the sheaves and connected at one end to the cover .13 and at theother end with a counterweight A within the standard. The counterweightwill just balance the cover member 13, so that the latter will remain inclosed position or easily removable upwardly when required. All of theoperating-cord 23 is thus concealed except the small portion be tweenthe free end of the extension 17 of the arm 16 and the cover member whenthe latter is closed and is thus not only protected from dust andmoisture, but from entanglement with surrounding objects or the clothingof the clerks or other persons who may have occasion to pass near thesame.

The device is very compact and simple in construction, can beinexpensively manufactured, and in any fanciful and ornamental design.

The cover member 13 will preferably be in the form of a glass globe inone single piece, but may be in the form of a frame having glass sides,or a wire-cloth-covered frame be substituted for the glass when goodswhich require the action of air are to be displayed and protected.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described, a hollow supporting-stamland having alaterallyextcnding platform upon the upper end, a hollow arm extendingfrom said standard and communicating therewith and terminating in alateral extension spaced above the platform, a cover member resting uponsaid platform, a counterweight within said standard, and a draw-cableconnected at one end to said cover member and passing thence throughsaid arm and its extension and connected at the other end to saidcounterweight.

2. In a device of the class described, a hollow supporting-standardhaving a laterallyextending platform upon the upper end, a

hollow arm extending from said standard and communicating therewith andterminating in a lateral extension spacedahove the platform, andprovided with a plurality of internal spaced cord-guides, a cover memberresting upon said platform, a counterweight within said standard, and adraw-cord connected at one end to said cover member and passing thencethrough said tubular arm and its extension and over the cord-guidestherein and connected by the other end to said counterweight.

3. In a device of the class described, a hollow supporting-standardhaving a laterally extending platform upon the upper end, a hollow armextending from said standard and communicating with the interior thereofand WVILLIAM H. CONNER. JOHN R. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

F. A. SNYDER, GOLDIA GRIM.

